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1962
Larry Lindsey dodges a Florida State
defender to get to the ball.
Interestingly enough, UH won this
game -- one of five wins in the
season. Believe it or not.
1973
A Cougar player swings at the ball in
a game against Iowa State. This
year's "new addition" to the team was
a group of attractive bat girls, known
as the "Dugout Darlins". Hmm.
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Heeeeeeres Shasta! The original school
mascot poses with a friend for a picture.
Back when the University actually had a
living, breathing mascot, there were
eight people entrusted with her care.
Sports
e past
The University of Houston has one of the proudest sports traditions of any school in the United
States. No, really. Our school supported a variety of individual sports stars, as well as some great
teams over the last seventy-five years, and despite somewhat dismal performances by the Cougars
in recent years, the long-standing tradition of athletic excellence gives our atheletes something to
strive for.
Beyond doubt, the heyday of the UH Athletics program was during the 1980s. During this
decade, many UH athletes who would eventually become superstars contributed stellar performances to the University. In the first half of the decade, a young man by the name of Carl Lewis took
UH's track and field team to new heights with his oustanding atheletic ability. He went on to compete in four Summer Olympics winning numerous medals.
Around the same time, UH basketball players like Clyde "The Glyde" Drexler and Hakeem "The
Dream" Olajuwon were crushing all the competition in sight during the days of "Phi Slamma
Jamma." After several strong finishes in the NCAA Basketball Championships, these two went on to
play in the NBA, and are ranked amongst the fifty greatest players in the history of the league.
There once was a time when our football team was a dominating presense in the Southwestern
Athletic Conference, too. Running a "Run and Shoot" offense that was nearly impossible to stop, UH
was a perennial hopeful for a berth in a college bowl game. In 1989, Andre Ware, the quarterback
who orchestrated the Run and Shoot, was awarded the Heisman Trophy and flaunted as one of the
best quarterbacks in the nation.
In the early days of the 21st century, enthusiasm in UH Athletics has somewhat dimmed, but
there were still many talented athletes fighting for Cougar pride and striving for excellence.
Matthew E. Caster
Dports Nostalgia \50